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...Tim Geithner concluded his maiden journey to China as Treasury Secretary on Tuesday by meeting the two most powerful men in the nation that is the biggest creditor of the United States: President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. The man whose name now graces dollar bills in the United States was, in effect, meeting his bankers. But if those two pressed the Treasury Secretary about whether their government's huge investments in the U.S. are safe - the way some of their colleagues "grilled" Fisher, Geithner's former colleague on the Federal Reserve Board - it's a secret. Indeed...
...Carson, who turned The Tonight Show from a success into a legend. (At one point, it accounted for 17% of NBC's revenue.) Carson's affable charm helped snag top-notch guests like John F. Kennedy, although his highest ratings came when 40 million people saw ukulele player Tiny Tim marry a 17-year...
...wasn't the size of the U.S. budget deficits - or how much Treasury debt China now buys - that made Tim Geithner blush in Beijing this morning. During his maiden visit to China as U.S. Treasury Secretary, Geithner visited Peking University to give a speech and answer a series of probing questions from students. The school - "Beida," as the Chinese call it - is probably the country's premier university, and in 1981, after his sophomore year at Dartmouth, Geithner did an eight-week program in Mandarin there. After his speech today, one of his old teachers produced a photo of Geithner...
...first two problems became nearly instantly meaningless, since Harvard coach Tim Murphy had clearly solved the third. The Crimson had a 27-0 lead by halftime and went on to win, 37-6, and claim its first Ivy League Championship since...
...yards on the afternoon.With Harvard forced to turn to its running game—a weakness for the team all season—Gino Gordon stepped up. The sophomore carried the ball 39 times for 168 yards and the game’s only touchdown.“[Coach Tim Murphy] said, ‘If we run the ball well, we’ll win the game,’” Gordon said after the game. “The offensive line, they stepped up, they had huge holes, and I pretty much just ran through them...